Beater or mixer



J. w. BEL'L Jam 13, 1931.

BEA'IER OR 'MIXER Filgd Sept. 16, 1929 2 SheetsSheet 1 [NI/ENTO/Q Patented Jan. 13,1931 r V a If UNITED STAT rA sr omen JOHN WES E ELL, or KENDAL, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA BEA'I JER on MIXER i Application filed September 16, 1929. Serial No. 393,012.

This present invention relates to new and ing drawings'and pointed out in the claims useful improvements in a beater or mixer hereunto appended. a v and has for its primary object the provision The invention will be best understood and v of a simple and inexpensive structure can be more clearly described, when refer- 6 whereby two or moremixtures may be beaten ence is had to the drawings forming a part 55.

or mixed in separate containers with one of this disclosure, wherein like characters operation of the device. indicate like parts throughout the several Another object of the invention resides in views. the provision of abea-ter or mixer of the In the drawings:

character stated in which each beater or Figure 1. an elevation of the improved so mixer proper is composed of oppositely rotatheater or mixer; ing agitator-s having alternating or inter- Figure 2 is a vertical section through the, locking agitator fingers. 7 same; and v A further object of the invention resides Figure 3 is a transverse section, substanin the provision of a beater or mixer of the tially on the plane of line 53-43 of Figure 2, 05 character stated in which twin heaters or looking in the direction indicated by the agitators proper are supported in parallel arrows. a spaced relation and operated from the same ldeferrlng more in detail to the drawings, operating shaft with a single control means. 1t is to be noted that the complete device A till further object of the invention remay be supported. on the stem 6 having the sides in the provision of a beater or mixer foot 7 formed on its lower end. The stem of the character stated in which all of the 6 has its upper end slidably mounted in the operative parts are enclosed in a single casttube 8 and having its movement longitudinaling with removable caps or heads at the open 1y thereof limited by the stop pin 9 extend 25 extensions thereof to protect all of the operaing transversely through the stem 6 and tive parts from dust and the like. working in the elongated slot 10 in opposite A still further object of the invention resides of the tube 8. The stem 6 is resiliently sides in the provision of a beater or mixer held in its lowermost position by thespring ofthe character stated which is of such con- 11 within the upper end of the tube 8 and 30 struction that by operation of the control pressing on the upper extremity of the stem 30 plunger the operating shaftwill berotated 6; The tube 11 has its upper end. threaded to drive in opposite directions the cooperatin the depending central portion 12 of the ing agitator members of the twin heaters casting 13 in the horizontal portion of which proper to mix the contents of separate C011. 18 rotatably ll'lOilIltQCl t'he'operating'shaft A still further objectof the invention res 5 the Shaft 14 and h latter sides in the provision of a beater or mixer h collars 16 r r e fhf Pl of the character stated which is'composed 31616.3 of h bearmg PEY f of the minimum number of parts of Simple tudinal movement of the shaft 1n the case J 7 Construction and operation and the 1ng12. The central crank portion lz of the plate Structure being Such that the device shaft- 14 has connectedthereto the link 18 i which also pivotes to the forked or bifurcated fifiz z l and assembled the m lower end 1970f, the control plunger 20. The

link 18 and control "plun er 20 work in the 45 T the accomphshment of these and related upstanding portion 21 of th'e casting 13 and ob ects, as shall become apparent as the de- I said plunger 20 operates through the upper scllptlon p p y mventlOn Tesldes 111 end thereof with. a head 22 or knob, on its the constructlon combination and arrangeupper t it A t i g i 23 ment of parts as shall be hereinafter more is located'betweenthe head or knob 22 and 00 fully described, illustrated in the accompanythe upperend of theupstanding portion21 tainers with the one operation of the device. pp p bearings are Provided in the 85 I l I as.

of the casting '13 to resiliently retain the controlplunger in its normal uppermost or unoperated position;

Carried on each endof the shaft 14 is a large bevelled gear 2% which operates in opposite directions a small upper bevelled gear and a corresponding lower bevelled gear 26. The bevelled gear .24: and the bevelled gears 25 and 26 are enclosed in an enlarged extension 27 of the casting 13 at either end of the horizontal portion thereof. rihe bevelled car 25 is ri 'id ontheshaft 28 near the upper end thereof while the bevelled gear 26 is rigid with the sleeve 29 which is loose on the shaft 28. The shaft 28 extends ver tically throughthe enl ed extension 27 and is rotatable in appropin e bearings 30 in the extension 27 and the outer closure plates 2Za thereof The shaft 28 has pairs" of spaced radial mixer blades or agitator fingers 31 or its lower end, the uppermost and lowermost blades or lingers 31 being of uniform len th and'slightly shorter than the iuterined blad s or fingers 31. T he free ends of all the blades or fingers 31 are bevelled to describe an arc. Working between theblac gers 31 are the inwardly directed b lingers 32 which are carried on the is: opposed branches of the oval Irame 33,

in the cross-head on the lower end o sleeve 29, below the extension 2? of the ca. ing 13. Thelower end oi' the frame is secured on the lower GKCIG-llll-JY or the shalt easy ' minimum eependiture of time and labour.

As the col'istruct ion of the device has thus beenrdescribed 1n detail, brief reference is "now had to its use and 'modus operandi:

The beater or mixer maybe employed for heating or mixing the contentsof two sepa-.

rate containers simultaneously orjin a single container, if desired. In the latter case, the device will be supported entirelyfwithin the container by the foot 7 resting therein. In the former case, the foot 7 would rest on the stationary support between the two containers and on which, the latter may also rest.

In either case the two beater structures are simultaneously operated by the single operating shaft simply by pressing repeatedly on the head or knob 22. This operation as sures. opposite rotation of the bladesor fin gers 31 and theco-operating blades or fingers of said large gears;

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32 of each beater or mixer structurethus assuring thorough agitation of the contents of the vessel or vessels, as the case may be.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be manifest that'a heater ormixer is provided that will fulfill all the necessary requirements of such a device, but as many changes couldbe made in the above description and many apparently widely different embodiments of nay-invention may be constructed within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in the said accompanying specifi cation and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and-not in a limited sense. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. .A device of the class described including a transverse shaft having a central crank portion; gear wheels mounted on the opposite ends of said shaft; double beater members arranged outwardly of said gear wheels and driven thereby; reciprocating driving means extending upwardly from said shaft and connected with the central crank portion thereof; enclosing and supporting means for said shaft, the gears carriedthereby, the double beater members and the central driving means for said shaft; a resilient central support for said last mentioned means; and means totresiliently retain in normal unoperated position the central driving means for the said shaft. 7

2. A device of the class described including a horizontal crank shaft having a central crank portion; large gears mounted on the opposite ends of said crankshaft; a casing for said crank shaft and said largegears with an upstanding central.,portion; a reciprocating operating member in the upstanding portion of said casing; a link connection between said reciprocating operating member and the central crank portion of said crank shaft to drive. the latter; means to re siliently retain said reciprocating, driving member in its uppermost position; a resilient support depending from the centre of said casing; a double beater member supported in the outer ends of said casing outwardly small gears for said double beater members meshing with said large "ears; and removable means for closing the outer ends of said casing.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my JOHN WESLEY BELL. [1,. 8. 

